1 version 0.9.5 -- unreleased
3 . Added first draft of method to aggregate reports from many servers into
4 one email. Requires logtail, rsync, configuration of reporthost,
5 reportdirectory and reportuser in backupninja.conf. Configure cron to
6 run once a day, and individual backupninjas not to report by email their
7 status, then enjoy one email report from all hosts, rather than multiple
9 . Fixed checks on configuration files permissions, since the patch
10 applied to fix #370396 broke this, especially for configuration files
11 created with permissions 000 by an older ninjahelper version.
12 . Enhanced portability for other platforms
13 . Fixed Trac#11 (quoting needed to prevent shell expansion, broke the
14 toint function sometimes)
15 . Fixed reportspace option (Trac#10)
18 . Support duplicity >= 0.4.3 invocation syntax (--ssh-command option
19 is not supported anymore)
21 . Fixed shell command quoting issues, missing 'then' clauses, cleaned up
22 compress=yes to be less redundant and not create empty uncompressed
23 file (Closes: #394935)
25 . Fixed case where odd combination of configuration options caused sqldump
26 backups to get overwritten with an empty file (Closes: #402679)
27 . Added 'nodata' option to enable you to specify tables that you want to omit
28 the data from a backup, but still backup the table structure. This is very
29 useful in cases where tables contain large amounts of cache data. See the
30 example.mysql for options, thanks Daniel Bonniot (Closes: #408829)
32 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
33 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
36 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
37 . Handle "keep = yes" to disable old backups removal (Closes: #424633)
38 . Add configuration option to allow you to disable the version check
39 as in some instances this may be an ok scenario (Closes: #424632)
41 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
42 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
44 . Fixed integer comparison (Closes: Trac#3)
45 . Renamed handler to 'rsync', replaces outdated rub handler
46 . updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include
47 rsnap/rsync (Closes: #440554)
48 . Added example.rsync configuration file
50 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
51 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
52 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
53 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
54 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
55 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
56 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
57 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
58 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
59 . Force C locale for sfdisk to ensure english words are found in grep
60 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
61 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
64 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
66 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
67 to not work when run from cron.
68 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
69 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
70 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
71 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
72 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
73 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
74 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
75 symlinks for $configdirectory
76 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
77 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
78 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
79 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
84 . rotated rsync snapshops
85 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
87 . alternative to rsnap
88 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
90 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
91 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
92 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
93 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
94 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
95 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
97 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
98 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
99 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
100 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
101 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
102 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
104 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
106 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
107 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
108 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
109 between various readlink versions in this field.
110 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
111 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
112 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
113 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
114 following to the top of the handler config:
115 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
118 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
119 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
120 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
121 between various readlink versions in this field.
122 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
123 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
125 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
126 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
127 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
128 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
130 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
131 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
132 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
134 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
136 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
138 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
140 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
143 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
144 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
145 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
146 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
148 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
149 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
150 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
151 symlinks for $configdirectory
152 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
153 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
154 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
157 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
158 changed cron permissions to 644
159 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
160 minor documentation fixes
161 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
162 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
163 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
164 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
166 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
170 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
171 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
172 out more easily they can customize them
174 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
176 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
177 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
179 . fixed no user defaults file processing
181 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
182 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
183 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
184 disabled in backupninja.conf
185 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
186 in vsnames config variable
188 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
189 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
190 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
191 "vsnames" configuration setting
194 . fixed errors in create remote dir
195 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
196 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
198 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
200 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
201 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
204 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
205 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
206 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
207 don't follow symlinks)
208 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
209 . new function: vservers_exist
212 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
214 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
216 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
217 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
219 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
220 backupninja and ninjahelper
223 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
225 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
226 . different signing and encrypting key support added
227 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
228 GnuPG-related options are used
230 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
231 ninjahelper(s) changes
232 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
233 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
235 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
237 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
238 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
239 . updated to include Vserver selection
241 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
242 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
244 . enhanced for vserver support
245 . now able to select databases and dump directory
247 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
249 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
250 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
251 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
252 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
253 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
254 added makecd ninjahelper
255 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
256 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
257 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
258 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
259 update rdiff ninjahelper
260 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
261 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
262 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
264 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
265 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
266 fixed insecure temporary file creation
267 *****************************************
268 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
269 fixed incorrect find positional
270 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
271 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
272 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
273 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
274 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
275 man pages are greatly improved.
277 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
278 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
279 added vservers support to duplicity handler
280 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
281 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
282 have a look at example.dup.
284 documented .disabled method.
285 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
286 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
287 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
288 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
289 to be seen as a vserver
290 changes to sys handler
291 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
292 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
294 changes to pgsql handler
295 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
296 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
297 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
298 changes to ninjahelper
299 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
300 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
301 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
302 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
303 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
304 added helper for pgsql handler.
305 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
306 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
307 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
308 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
310 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
311 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
312 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
313 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
314 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
315 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
317 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
318 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
319 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
320 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
321 ******************************************************************
322 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
323 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
324 ******************************************************************
325 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
326 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
327 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
328 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
329 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
330 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
331 added "sign" option for backups signing
332 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
333 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
334 added "nicelevel" option
335 added "testconnect" option
336 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
337 added "bandwidthlimit" option
338 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
339 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
340 added configfile option to mysql handler
341 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
342 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
343 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
344 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
345 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
347 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
348 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
349 rdiff handler supports local dest
350 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
351 added "when = hourly"
352 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
353 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
354 improved 'when' parsing.
356 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
357 results of handlers are now read line by line.
358 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
359 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
360 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
361 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
362 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
363 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
364 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
365 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
366 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
368 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
369 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
370 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
371 added status in the subject line of report emails
373 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
374 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
375 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
376 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
377 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
379 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
380 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
382 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
383 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
385 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
386 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
387 fixed stderr redirect bug
388 some comments in example.rdiff
390 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
391 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
392 works now with gawk as well as mawk
393 many bug fixes to ldap handler
394 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
395 does not require /usr/bin/stat
397 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
398 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
399 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
401 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
403 moved sh support to a handler script
404 add test mode, where no action is taken.
406 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
407 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
408 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
410 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
411 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
412 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
413 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
414 all scripts are now run as root
416 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
417 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
418 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
419 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
420 added support for .mysql config files.
422 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004